Overview, Status, and Future of the Fort Nelson CCS Project

Abstract The Plains CO 2 Reduction Partnership, led by the Energy & Environmental Research Center, and Spectra Energy Transmission (SET) are investigating the feasibility of a carbon capture and storage project to mitigate carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions produced by SET's Fort Nelson Gas Plant in British Columbia, Canada. The project applies an integrated philosophy combining geologic characterization, modeling, risk assessment, and monitoring into an iterative process, producing superior-quality results during the project feasibility and development periods. Results to date suggest that the geology and hydrogeology of the project area are amenable to large-scale, long-term geologic storage of CO 2 .